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TechStuff Classic: The Six Simple Machines

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Compound Machines Are More Moving Parts Than Simple Machines

Compound machines combine two or more simple ones. A ship's helm is one of the examples we've already talked about. Wheelbarrow was another when we talked about scissors. And thus we get to the rube goldberg device. Ah, it's ye, give it a shot sometime next ti. I'm out in the woods, and i'm just thegain. You know what i need to do? It's just split lon gat. Your hands on em all. Yes. In your compound machine has that ideal mechanical advantage of greater than one. So as long as every single com a simple machine.

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